Word: gutted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rubles. Late in 1936, according to Hoettl, German intelligence heard that Tukhachevsky was planning an army revolt against the Soviet dictator and his regime. Heydrich persuaded Himmler and Hitler that they should tip off Stalin, and thus touch off a purge that would gut the Soviet high command. Stalin bit, even paid 3,000,000 rubles for the forged bait, and in the trials of 1937, purged Tukhachevsky and all his confederates. The rubles, says Hoettl in an ironic footnote, were counterfeit; the first German agent who spent them in Russia was promptly arrested...
Will Congress Gut...
Against the 1953-54 recession, housing stood as a bulwark. But now Congress threatens to gut the housing program...
Today's game, although probably easier, will be no gut, since it is the final Eastern League contest of the season for both teams and will probably decide seventh place. The Crimson is currently holding down seventh, with a 3-5 win loss record; the Quakers are just below with a 2-4 loop mark...
Tariffs make trouble not only for American foreign policy and domestic stability, but for the general consumer as well. They serve as tools for special lobby factions that work for their own benefits rather than the interests of the nation as a whole. Even groups like the gut string manufacturers have been able to win ridiculous concessions by joining the pressure parade to Washington. Only a sweeping reduction of duties can eliminate the harm that severe trade restrictions are now causing...